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The video showed three exercises, out of dozens. Let’s delve deeper into these exercises and the rationale behind them
There are computerized systems for training pilots, there are computerized systems for training AFV driving, there are computerized systems for small arms, artillery and missile fire training, and there are computerized systems for piloting UAVs. What proficiency does not have a computerized training system today?
served in an elite IDF unit, where he accumulated many kilometers in operational military land navigation. With over 20 years of experience in instructing orienteering to at-risk youth, where he learned in depth the complexity of learning land navigation and successfully developed a solution to this complexity. The result is Topo-GO, the computerized system for learning land navigation presented here.
in the IDF. Commander of the 101 Paratroop Battalion in the Second Lebanon War, past squadron commander in a Special Missions Unit and author of a text on Land Navigation and Spatial Orientation for the IDF Ground Forces. Founder and winner of the Chief of General Staff Prize for the “Back to the Future” Project, a special journey that allows IDF combat soldiers to process their experiences in operational service and prepare them for civilian life.
Going old school: celestial navigation’s return: … three years ago, the US Naval Academy resumed teaching celestial navigation, after an absence of more than a decade… old school solutions such as sextants, maps and compasses offer something that GPS never can; a quick and un-hackable check that you really are where you think you are
Although the evolvement of the GPS has unquestionably provided our Infantrymen a tremendous advantage on the modern battlefield… using a map and compass … comes a better understanding of the terrain in which a Soldier is navigating… the ability to understand how the terrain could mask a squad’s movement as they maneuver towards an objective… doesn’t naturally occur when using a GPS, and the possession of this capability is what could potentially determine success
The Soldier who has repeatedly practiced the skills of identifying and discriminating among the many types of terrain and other features knows how these features are mapped… This Soldier is the one who will be at the right place to help defeat the enemy on the battlefield
Novice navigators select straight-line routes and use azimuth and pace count to dead reckon their way from point to point… Experts rely almost totaly on terrain association. They use natural features as check points and boundaries, and structure their routes to avoid known or suspected enemy locations
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